Hip Hop Dances and the Songs That Popularized Them

Where did the dab come from, anyway?

From the Streets to the Mainstream - Rap dance crazes have transcended from the streets to the clubs to red carpets to live NFL prime-time streams. You might be able to tell who is doing what dance, but are you able to connect it to the song that brought it to the mainstream? While the Harlem Shake and the Humpty Dance are traditional hip hop dances, the last 10 years have given fans new and viral moves that even your favorite rappers and athletes have learned to master. Check out a few of them. —Janice Llamoca(Photo: TDE, Interscope Records)
Dabbin’ – 'How Fast Can You Count It,' by Skippa da Flippa  - This head-into-bended arm move might be the most popular move in 2015, and it all started in a little city called Atlanta.(Photo: Quality Control Music)
Silentó's Gift to the World - Sorority parties, Zumba classes, and YouTube were all forever changed when we all saw that little girl in pig-tails whip and nae nae for her life. Now we patiently wait for the next dance we'll be forced to teach our drunk aunt at Thanksgiving dinner.(Photo: Capitol Records)Cat Daddy – 'Cat Daddy,' by the REj3ctz - The California group had everyone going through the motion of buckling a seatbelt and rolling in a wheelchair. No signs of cats or daddies.(Photo: The Aurelius Group)

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From the Streets to the Mainstream - Rap dance crazes have transcended from the streets to the clubs to red carpets to live NFL prime-time streams. You might be able to tell who is doing what dance, but are you able to connect it to the song that brought it to the mainstream? While the Harlem Shake and the Humpty Dance are traditional hip hop dances, the last 10 years have given fans new and viral moves that even your favorite rappers and athletes have learned to master. Check out a few of them. —Janice Llamoca(Photo: TDE, Interscope Records)

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